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What's the difference between "Contacts" and "People details?"
Contacts under Accounts, helps in syncing Google-Contacts (Phone contacts saved )
More on Contacts sync adapter here
People details deals with information regarding Google play games and Google+ (...
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"Sync is currently experiencing problems. It will be back shortly." error message appears under the Sync settings
Not closely related to the issue, but it solved my very similar problem with contacts sync: The contact option was not listed in Android's (v.6.0.1, Marshmallow) Settings / Accounts / Google sync menu....
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How can I set a server address to automatically sync my device time?
Android has no option for NTP syncing – time synchronization takes place by other means (via your mobile carrier, see Where time information is received from the network? and What is the ...
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How to force Google Photos to sync photos to the cloud?
Here is what I have found to work most reliably on my phone, which is a stock (not rooted) Samsung Galaxy Note 8 (Android version 9). I found this out via other posts on stack exchange, but I forget ...
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How can you sync a calender with an iCal link?
For read only feeds ICSDroid does this. It'll work with facebook's feeds too.
DavDroid will do the same for a proper caldav server (syncs in both directions)
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"Sync is currently experiencing problems. It will be back shortly." error message appears under the Sync settings
We had the same problem, and to make a long story short, tried all the answers we found online (clear cache, clear data, reinstall Calendar, delete, then create Google account, but no factory reset).
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How to force Google Photos to sync photos to the cloud?
In Google Photos app select Assistant and then you can choose (or view the current backup status/progress) to force backup photos. Be sure to set the different image maps to cloud: the folder will ...
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Synchronising files over SSH
Revisiting this after several years, I've found a solution that works across all my devices (GNU/Linux, FreeBSD, Android): Syncthing
It provides free (as in speech, and as in beer), secure, and ...
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Samsung Galaxy Note 3 won't sync with google play
Here is what Google Suggests to sync your phone:
Change date & time settings
You can try to force sync your account by manually resetting your time settings.
Open your device's Settings app ...
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Marshmallow Time Drift bug
Android 6.0.1 apparently fixes the issue. I'm running it on my Nexus, so I can't say about custom ROMs, but it should be fixed in 6.0.1 based ROMs.
The bug was detected by me in 6.0 first because my ...
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How to access/disable the Google account sync settings in Android 8.1?
You went a little too far! Go into settings -> users and accounts -> Google. Without pressing on your email address, you'll see an option "auto sync account data" turn that off. This will stop sync ...
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How to synchronize gmail calendars in davdroid 1.10.1.-gplay using caldav in android 6.0.1?
The current Google API / OAuth method is not supported by DAVdroid but it's still possible by using the deprecated format:
https://www.google.com/calendar/dav/[yourname]@gmail.com/events
username
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How do I copy text from my PC to my phone?
Use UniClip. It has a desktop client, with global keyboard shortcuts to copy, paste text to/from your other devices.
To copy text from PC to Android,
Copy a text in your PC, then hit CTRL + Shift + ...
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"Sync is currently experiencing problems. It will be back shortly." error message appears under the Sync settings
I tried EVERYTHING.
Finally came across the answer - turned off Power Saving (which I normally keep my phone on) and hey presto, everything syncs again.
So easy.
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How do I reverse "sync turned off" in my Google account?
Go back to the Settings menu, and in the Wireless and Networks section tap Data Usage. Then press the menu button and in the popup menu check the Auto Sync Data box.
You can then return to the ...
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Quick way to sync now
Note: This answer is not tested on Android Marshmallow.
In Android 5.0, one can create shortcut for sync using the activity com.android.settings.Settings.$AccountSyncSettingsActivity (since I've only ...
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Deleting unwanted contacts after accidental account sync
Removing the Google account should have invariably deleted the contacts linked to that account, from your phone.
If not, go to Contacts, choose "Contacts to display" and select the Google account of ...
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Sync Telegram Contact with Phone Contact
I had the same issue on my Nexus 6P with Android 7.1, while it worked perfectly fine on another Nexus 6 with Android 7.0. Here's what helped:
reinstall the app (do not open yet)
go into Android ...
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Is it possible to disable gmail sync completely, without logging out?
Disabling sync and removing email history is possible, but it will not stop others from simply enabling sync.
Option 1.
To disable sync for Gmail, go to settings -> accounts -> Google. And deselect ...
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How can I set up my Google account without syncing Gmail?
Here's a working solution to add a Google account and prevent it from syncing everything.
Before adding the Google account, disable Sync (from system settings
or from your pull-down menu).
With sync ...
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How do I copy text from my PC to my phone?
Thats is easy! Have whatsapp running on your PC. And paste/write text on to your account and access it on phone immediately!! enjoy the super fast sync.
and the other way around to get it on PC.
No ...
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Remove contacts from synced Exchange account, without removing them from the server
With Android 6, this is still an issue. You can remove the contacts by clearing the data from your "Contacts Storage" system app, but this will unfortunately also remove any locally stored contacts. ...
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How do I copy text from my PC to my phone?
clipbrd is a chrome extension and android app works great across multiple pcs, macs, and android phones
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How do I reverse "sync turned off" in my Google account?
Even more hidden is this... For Moto G 2015...
Go to:
Settings
Data usage
Scroll down to Gmail
Select Gmail
App settings
Select one of your gmail accounts and there you'll find a check box to ...
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Facebook contact sync, third party or otherwise
As of now, there is no official way to see your Facebook friends on your phone's contacts app.
There might be some hacks to get it done though, with some risky apps, which I strongly discourage using....
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Deleting unwanted contacts after accidental account sync
This is lifted from jpolito's 2017-03-15 reply here. It is the only thing trick has worked for me - not wanting to risk deletion of contacts for the second account.
Phone Setting> Accounts> ...
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How to enable auto sync on WiFi only
There is no way to do this without the use of third party apps. You can use Tasker to automate your phone. You can add a task that enables auto sync when you're on WiFi.
The stock android doesn't ...
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Sync ext SD to USB OTG **without** using a PC
As we figured out the solution you now use in chat, this answer should comply with "being tested", "not involving a PC or file manager" and "relying on verified sources". Though in the meantime there ...
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How to transfer Whatsapp to new phone
There is two ways you can restore your whatsapp messages from old phone to your new phone.
1) Using Titanium Backup
Backup Whatsapp app+data in old phone.
Copy the titanium backup of whatsapp to ...
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Sync to Desktop then automatically delete local/original files
Google Photos is a free app that periodically offers to "free up space" on your device by uploading your photos to photos.google.com (at the quality you choose) and then deleting them from your device....
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